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WorksheetsAeneid book 2 review
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 32mins
In line 41, there is an example of:
Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce,
anastrophe
apostrophe
tmesis
anaphora
Laocoon is a:
Trojan priest of Neptune who warns against the horse
Greek soldier in the horse who is hit by the spear
Trojan soldier who fights with Aeneas
Greek soldier who kills Priam (king of Troy)
In lines 43-44 there is a/an:
Aut ulla putatis
dona carere dolis Danaum
indirect statement
indirect question
result clause
ablative absolute
The case + use of dona: (line 44)
Aut ulla putatis
dona carere dolis Danaum
ablative, means
subject accusative
nominative subject
ablative agent
In line 44, Danaum refers to:
Aut ulla putatis
dona carere dolis Danaum
Greeks
Trojans
Gods
Carthaginians
In line 44, Ulixes refers to?
Sic notus Ulixes?
Odysseus
Aeneas
Menelaus
Agamemnon
In line 45, Achivi refers to:
Aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi,
Greeks
Trojans
Carthaginians
Romans
In line 49, ferentes is best translated as:
Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis.
carrying
having carried
intending to carry
must be carried
Overall, the tone of Laocoon's speech (lines 42-49) is:
defiant
passive
happy
indecisive
In line 50, there is an example of:
Sic fatus validis ingentem viribus hastam
chiasmus
synchesis
hyperbaton
apostrophe
The best way to translate dedere in line 53 is:
insonuere cavae gemitumque dedere cavernae.
to give
they gave
giving
having gave
In line 56, there is an example of:
Trojaque nunc staret, Priamique arx alta maneres.
apostrophe
tmesis
polysyndeton
anaphora
In lines 201-202, what is Laocoon doing?
Laocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos,
sollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras.
saying a prayer for the horse
sacrificing a bull
throwing a spear at the horse
leading a procession with a bull
In line 204, who is the subject in:
horresco referens
Aeneas
Laocoon
Dido
Priam
What is the best way to translate:
ardentisque oculos suffecti sanguine et igni
suffused with respect to their burning eyes with blood and fire
pouring out blood and fire from their burning eyes
having attacked the burning eyes with fire and blood
blood and fire caused the eyes to burn
In lines 213-214 there are which 2 rhetorical figures:
primum parva duorum
corpora natorum serpens amplexus
synchesis
enjambment
anaphora
hyperbaton
In lines 216-217, to whom/what is ipsum referring:
post ipsum auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem,
corripiunt spirisque ligant ingentibus
the horse
Laocoon
the snakes
his sons
Holy guacamole! In lines 213-214, there are several figures of speech. Pick all that are exhibited:
bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum
terga dati superant capite et cervicibus altis
anaphora
tmesis
enjambment
asyndeton
polysyndeton
In lines 222 + 223, there is a simile! Who/what is being compared to who/what.
qualis mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram
taurus et incertam excussit service securim.
Laocoon's scream to the scream of an injured bull
Laocoon's blood to the blood of a bull on an axe
Laocoon's sons to a bull and his sons
Laocoon running from the snakes to a bull running from the axe
In lines 232-233, ducendum and oranda are both:
Ducendum ad sedes simulacrum orandaque divae
numina conclamant.
gerunds
gerundives
present participles
perfect passive participles
In lines 248-249, the mood in Troy can be described as:
Nos delubra deum miseri, quibus ultimus esset
ille dies, festa velamus fronde per urbem.
festive
somber
angry
scared
In line 270 why does Hector appear to Aeneas with such a striking appearance
Because he was dragged around Troy thrice by Achilles
Because he lost in a battle with Agamemnon
Because he was trampled by the horse
Because he was squeezed to death by the snakes
In line 288, there is an example of:
sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens
anastrophe
polysyndeton
aposeopesis
metaphor
In line 289, fuge and eripe are both:
‘Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his’ ait ‘eripe flammis
imperatives
ablatives
vocatives
perfect participles
The best way to translate fuissent in line 292 is:
si Pergama dextra
defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.
would have been
will be
was
has been
When the narrative picks up at 559, Aeneas is:
watching Troy burn to the ground
running away from the Greeks
conversing with his mom
contemplating where to get tickets to the Beyonce concert
In line 561, the best way to translate ut is:
ut regem aequaevum crudeli vulnere vidi
vitam exhalantem
as
to
so that
because
TO whom does regem refer in line 561?
ut regem aequaevum crudeli vulnere vidi
vitam exhalantem
Aeneas
Anchises
Priam
Menelaus
In line 562-563 there is:
subiit deserta Creusa
et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli.
tricolon crescendo
polysyndeton
simile
apostrophe
In line 571, erranti and ferenti are modifying:
dant claram incendia lucem
erranti passimque oculos per cuncta ferenti
Aeneas (understood)
claram
incendia
oculos
In line 601, Tyndaridis refers to:
Paris
Helen
Aeneas
Priam
In 602, divum is:
divum inclementia, divum
genitive plural
accusative singular
ablative plural
nominative subject
